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about_facesToday's post focuses on a forgotten gem is from TEEN TITANS SPOTLIGHT # 13 (1987), most notable for being the first-ever comic work of a TV animation writer named J. Michael Straczynski (known best to non-comic-fans as the guy who created BABYLON 5).
To this date, it's still one of the best little things he's ever written, in my own biased opinion. Furthermore, I consider it one of the very finest Harvey stories ever written.
I love how the two voices aren't divided by a simple "good Harvey" and "evil Two-Face," but are rather two sides of the same voice having back-and-forth conversation, with the green box (presumably the bad side) subtly manipulating the good side.
That line,"Going to and fro in the Earth, and walking up and down in it," is from a quote from the Book of Job in the Bible. JMS was so fond of it that he'd reuse it in at least a few other stories, such as an episode of Sci-Fi channel's "Seeing Ear Theatre" and, I think, an episode of BABYLON 5. The full passage is:
"And the Lord said to Satan, 'From whence comest thou?' And Satan answered the Lord, and said, 'From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.'
The best part? It's Job 2:2.
To this date, it's still one of the best little things he's ever written, in my own biased opinion. Furthermore, I consider it one of the very finest Harvey stories ever written.
I love how the two voices aren't divided by a simple "good Harvey" and "evil Two-Face," but are rather two sides of the same voice having back-and-forth conversation, with the green box (presumably the bad side) subtly manipulating the good side.
That line,"Going to and fro in the Earth, and walking up and down in it," is from a quote from the Book of Job in the Bible. JMS was so fond of it that he'd reuse it in at least a few other stories, such as an episode of Sci-Fi channel's "Seeing Ear Theatre" and, I think, an episode of BABYLON 5. The full passage is:
"And the Lord said to Satan, 'From whence comest thou?' And Satan answered the Lord, and said, 'From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.'
The best part? It's Job 2:2.
